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Table 3 Association between sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics with positive and negative Trypanosoma cruzi serology (crude and multivariable analysis)

From: Community-based screening of Chagas disease among Latin American migrants in a non-endemic country: an observational study

Variables

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Sex, male

1.65 (0.92–2.82)

1.58 (0.77–3.23)

0.21

Age, years

1.02 (1.00–1.53)

1.02 (0.99–1.06)

0.11

Time in Spain, years

0.97 (0.92–1.02)

1.01 (0.93–1.08)

0.89

Primary school

2.10 (1.16–2.78)

2.40 (1.14–5.06)

0.021

Country of birth 

 Bolivia

104 (14.2–761)

102 (13–781)

 < 0.001

 Ecuador

NC

NI

 

 Colombia

NC

NI

 

Living in rural area

1.36 (0.43–4.28)

NI

 

Triatomines seen at home

9.0 (2.03–39.9)

NI

 

Blood transfusion recipient

0.69 (0.15–3.19)

NI

 

Relatives with Chagas disease

3.95 (1.53–10.2)

NI

 

Having heard about Chagas disease

19.5 (2.57–148)

NI

 

Positive Strongyloides stercoralis serology

3.01 (1.53–5.95)

2.28 (0.96–5.46)

0.062

Previously underwent Chagas disease serology

5.61 (2.91–10.8)

2.12 (0.98–4.50)

0.054

  1. In bold, statistically significant differences; NC Not calculable, OR Odds ratio. CI Confidence interval, NI Not included